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04 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE LYVEDEN NEW BIELD

Set on a hillslope with views over Northamptonshire, Lyveden New Bield is an intriguing, incomplete Elizabethan lodge and pleasure garden.

Construction on the property began in the late 1500s but ceased after the premature death of owner Sir Thomas Tresham in 1605. The Grade I-listed garden boasts viewing terraces, a moat, orchard, labyrinth, plus butterfly-rich wildflower

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